PACER
Road Cleanup Work
Important District Dates
District
Conference 2004 June
4 -6, 2004
Rotary
Youth Leadership Award May
8-10, 2004
International
Convention- Osaka, Japan
May
23-26, 2004
Alleviate Poverty Project: “Children’s Needs Fund”
SCOPE: Establish a sustainable “Children’s Needs Fund” for the Dresden Area Central School (public elementary, ages 4-12). From the fund, the school receives $1000 to be distributed annually for years to come. Within some general guidelines, the principal or administration staff, spend portions of the $1000 gift as the need arises and as the see fit. Priority is given to food, medical and clothing requirements.
PURPOSE: There’s a need for snack type lunches (cheese and crackers, pudding clubs), medicine, glasses, clothing (boot, coats, socks, hats mitts, etc.), field trips or camps, etc. in our public school.
Some families cannot afford food, a doctors visit, an antibiotic for an ear infection, a visit to an Optometrist or glasses. On occasion, all of a class is going on a field trip but the one child’s parents can’t afford the few dollars which would allow their child to go. There are one day camps available that certain children have earned the right to go on but there parents cannot afford the tuition.
A “Children’s Needs Fund” account has been set up this year.
The Weston's personal donation $200
Duke Energy Foundation matching funds $200
Dresden Rotary Club donation 2003 $1000
Duke Energy Foundation Leadership Grant $1550
Possible CIBC $300
Possible Rotary International $500
Total $2950+
Annual sustainment resources…
The Weston's promise of $200 annually $200
Duke Energy Foundation matching $200
Possible donation from Duke Energy Foundation
Possible donation by Dresden Rotary Club
Total $400 +
Mrs. Leeson has mentioned that a pair of glasses has been purchased this year from the fund for a grade 1 child. Purchases of food for lunches has also utilized the $500 to club has presented so far.
Duke Energy Foundation has also approved a $1465.87 grant for Upgrading the Electrical and repair of the ceiling of the Tiffin Memorial.
Christmas Trivia
1) The first instrument on which the carol Silent Night
was played was:
A) A
harp
B) A pipe
organ
C) A
guitar
D) A
kazoo
2) In Guatemala, Christmas Day is celebrated:
A) On
January 6
B) On December 25
C) On
October 31
D)
Never
3) Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in:
A)
1492
B)
1895
C)
1944
D)
1976
4) Good King Wenceslas was king of which country?
A)
Abyssinia
B)
England
C)
Bohemia
D)
Gondor
5) Medieval English Christmas pantomimes did not include
which character?
A) St.
Nicholas
B) The
Bold Slasher
C)
Father Christmas
D) The
Turkish Knight
6) The name of Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles
Dickens' A Christmas Carol was:
A) Bob
Cratchit
B)
Jerry Cornelius
C)
Bill Sykes
D)
Jacob Marley
7) In North America, children put stockings out at Christmas
time. Their Dutch counterparts use:
A) Old
hats
B)
Beer mugs
C)
ShoesD)
Stockings, just like everybody else!
8) The poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally
grew in which country?
A)
Canada
B)
China
C)
Mexico
D)
Spain
9) Which name does not belong to one of Santa's reindeer?
A)
Comet
B)
Prancer
C)
Blitzen
D)
Klaxon
10) In Syria, Christmas gifts are distributed by:
A) The
Three Kings
B) Tom
o'Bedlam
C) One
of the Wise Men's camels
D)
Father Christmas
11) One notable medieval English Christmas celebration featured:
A) A
giant, 165-pound pie
B)
Snowball fights between rival courtiers
C) A swimming race across the English Channel
D)
Huge crackers that sometimes exploded fatally
12) In Australia, usual Boxing Day activities include:
A)
Building snowmen
B)
Tobogganing
C)
Wombat hunting
D)
Surfing
13) In Sweden, a common Christmas decoration is the Julbukk, a
small figurine of a goat. It is usually made of what material?
A)
Candy
B)
Straw
C)
Uranium
D) Fir
wood
14) The real St. Nicholas lived:
A) At
the North Pole
B) On
the island of Malta
C) In
Turkey
D) In
Holland
15) Which of the following was not one of the Three Kings?
A)
Caspar
B)
Balthazar
C)
Teleost
D)
Melchior
16) In Armenia, the traditional Christmas Eve meal consists of:
A)
Fried fish, lettuce and spinach
B)
Square meat pies
C)
Broiled partridges with gooseberry sauce
D)
Turkey and plum pudding
17) In Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, the Nutcracker's
main enemy is:
A) A
girl called Clara
B) The
King of the Mice
C) Dr.
Almond
D)
Drosselmeyer the magician
18) The day after Christmas, December 26, is known as Boxing Day.
It is also the holy day of which saint?
A) St.
Eustace
B) St.
Brigit
C) St.
Nicholas
D) St.
Stephen
19) In Greek legend, malicious creatures called Kallikantzaroi
sometimes play troublesome pranks at Christmas time. To get rid of
them, you should:
A)
Placate them with gifts of rice pudding
B)
Burn either salt or an old shoe
C)
Sing hymns in a loud voice
D)
Throw your sandals at them
20) When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides
on:
A)
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
B) A
giant ptarmigan
C) A
goat named Ukko
D) A
flying carpet
21) A boar's head is a traditional Christmas dish. According to a
popular story, the unlucky boar whose head began the custom in the
Middle Ages was killed by:
A)
Choking to death on a book of Greek philosophy
B)
King Wenceslas, who speared it from horseback
C) A
falling fir tree
D)
Remorse, after goring St. Nicholas
22) When distributing gifts in Holland, St. Nicholas is accompanied
by:
A) His
wife Lucy
B) His
servant, Black Peter
C)
Thirteen elves
D) St.
Stephen
23) At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a
sprig of which plant?
A) Ivy
B) Yew
C)
Holly
D)
Mistletoe
24) Believe it or not, one Indiana town is called:
A)
Christmasville
B)
Wenceslas
C)
Noel
D)
Santa Claus
25) Who was the author of A Christmas Carol?
A)
Mark Twain
B)
Charles Dickens
C)
Hans Christian Andersen
D)
Thomas M. Sawyer
26) Which popular Christmas song was actually written for
Thanksgiving?
A)
Away in a Manger
B)
Frosty the Snowman
C)
Jingle Bells
D)
Joy to the World
27) A favorite Christmas story is Dylan Thomas' A Child's
Christmas in...
A)
Maryland
B)
Boarding school
C)
Wales
D)
China
28) In 1647, the English parliament passed a law that:
A)
Made Christmas illegal
B)
Recognized Christmas as an official holiday
C) Let
prisoners spend Christmas Day at home
D)
Gave Santa immunity to break-and-enter charges
29) The world's largest Christmas cracker was made (and pulled) in
which country?
A)
Sweden
B)
Australia
C)
England
D) The
United States
30) The poem commonly known as The Night Before Christmas
was originally entitled:
A)
Santa's Secret Visit
B)
A Visit from St. Nicholas
C)
The Night Before Christmas
D)
The Midnight Guest
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